With his first semester of finals behind him, Missouri State freshman Marcus Marshall will turn his attention to basketball and helping the Bears end a five-game losing streak.

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Marcus Marshall has survived his first finals week in college and is able to smile about it.

"Pretty stressful, staying up late to study," Missouri State's freshman guard said of the routine earlier this week. "But it went pretty smooth."

The first semester has been quite an education for Marshall on the basketball court as well. As one of six Bears' rookies and the one who's played the most, Marshall describes his first nine games as "up and down, a real learning process." ...